Leftover Salmon Announces New Album, 'Something Higher', For 2018

Leftover Salmon has plans for a new album this year called, Something Higher, which is due out on May 4th, 2018 via LoS Records. Something Higher marks Leftover Salmon’s first studio release since 2014’s High Country, though the band released a new live album, 25, in 2016. Produced by the band’s long-time producer Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), the Colorado-based Americana jamgrass act recorded the record at the famous Wavelab Studio in Tucson, Arizona, and opted to record in analog.

As noted in a press release, on Something Higher, the band “taps into everything from horn-blasting R&B to reverb-drenched desert noir, from the cosmic roots music sound they helped create to neo-New Orleans-meets-Appalachia liquefaction,” with the band’s synthesis of new influences being a product of “the interactions between the founding members’ roots and the newer band members, who bring refreshingly different influences and ideas to the songwriting process.”

The band’s statement elaborated on the album’s creation:

Over 10 days in Tucson, Leftover Salmon laid out the new music, each songwriter bringing a songwriting kernel and letting the rest of the band work out new improvisations to craft the final song. … In crafting the new music, founding members Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt provide a foundational focus and guiding spirit, while banjo player Andy Thorn keeps the band close to their original roots in backstage picking parties. The rhythm section–bassist Garrison, keyboardist Erik Deutsch, and drummer Alwyn Robinson–was a key focus point for Berlin, who drew out members’ backgrounds in jazz and hip-hop to zero in on the heart of Leftover Salmon: the groove.

You can pre-order Leftover Salmon’s forthcoming Something Higher and get more information about the band and their upcoming tour dates on the group’s website here.